The Wilderness of Eloren is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 21.226 billion Eloren are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Unbound Glade. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Eloren economy, worth a remarkable 8,719 trillion pods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 410,788 pods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chipped paint can see a building condemned, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, and toddlers insist their pacifiers be autoclaved. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Eloren's national animal is the triffid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eloren is ranked 437^th in the world and 1^st in Refugia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 403,748.57 Standard Monetary Units.